Cosmic Swarm
Cosmic Swarm for Atari 2600 Overview: In the vast expanse of space lies WAYPOINT, a major interstellar trading hub operated by a small crew at a strategic crossroads among the stars. It’s a role that promises tranquility but…
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CommaVid was a small company from Aurora, Illinois, founded in 1981 by Irwin Gaines, John Bronstein and Joseph Biel. It made only a handful of Atari 2600 games before the video game crash put it out of business in 1983, and it also programmed the 2600 version of Venture for Coleco. Reviewers have generally credited its games with fresh ideas. Besides the four below, the site has Cosmic Swarm and Mines of Minos.
Room of Doom (1982): shoot the gunmen hiding behind slowly opening doors while a monster chases you.
Stronghold: break through the defences of fortified asteroids, programmed by Joseph Biel.
Cakewalk (1983): a baker against six runaway conveyor belts, sold in only a few shops.
Video Life: Conway’s Game of Life, offered only to owners of CommaVid’s Magicard cartridge.
Original copies are rare, but you can play every one of them below in your browser.
Mines of Minos
In Atari 2600 Mines of Minos you are the last mining robot on the Minos mine. Monsters have destroyed all your comrades. As the last robot, you must traverse the mine’s various levels, gathering spare parts to make…
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Video Life
Video Life is a CommaVid cartridge from the early 1980s that brings John Conway's "Game of Life" to the Atari 2600. It is not a game you win or lose: you draw a pattern of dots, start it,…
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Stronghold
Stronghold is a space shooter for the Atari 2600 from CommaVid, a small company from Aurora, Illinois. It was programmed by Joseph Biel, one of CommaVid's three founders. You attack a series of fortified asteroids, fighting off drones…
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Room of Doom
Room of Doom is a 1982 single-player shooter for the Atari 2600 from CommaVid, a small company from Aurora, Illinois, programmed by co-founder Irwin Gaines. You are trapped in a room whose walls hide gunmen behind slowly opening…
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